The Weekend (Steve Wariner song)

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"The Weekend"
Single by Steve Wariner
from the album It's a Crazy World
B-side "Fastbreak"
ReleasedApril 25, 1987
Recorded1987
Genre Country
Length3:51
Label MCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"Small Town Girl"
(1987)
"The Weekend"
(1987)
"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"
(1987)

"The Weekend" is a song written by Bill LaBounty and Beckie Foster, and recorded by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released in April 1987 as the second single from the album It's a Crazy World . It was a number-one hit in both the United States and Canada, spending 23 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

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The music video was directed by Michael Salomon.

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References

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  2. "Steve Wariner Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2021.